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31st August 2011 New York, USA
An August Welcome
New York Consul-General Danny Lopez’s First Month It is hard to describe the excitement I felt when I was first informed that I’d been selected to be the next British Consul-General in New York. I spent two years living in the Big Apple in the early 2000s working for Barclays Bank, and I very much […]
31st August 2011 Chevening, UK
The birth of an alumni association in Nigeria
Dr Chijioke Nwaozuzu is a Chevening scholar from 2001-2002. He is the new General Secretary of the newly created Chevening Alumni Association of Nigeria. In this blog entry he tells us how the first meeting went and lists the new associations objectives. INAUGURATION OF THE CHEVENING ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (CAAN) THE JOURNEY SO FAR: […]
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31st August 2011
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Close cooperation on Afghanistan and Pakistan: visit by UK Special Representative
Mark Sedwill, the UK’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, visited Canberra last week. He is a former British Ambassador in Kabul, and was NATO Civilian Representative alongside General Petraeus until earlier this year. So he was already well known to many of the Australian interlocutors on whom he called. I took him to see […]
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30th August 2011 New York, USA
It’s that time of year again for Marshall Scholarships
Guest blog by Ann Reinking, Media and Public Affairs Coordinator. Planning the federal budget for President Obama. Directing and writing the Hollywood film The Adjustment Bureau. Co-founding the professional social networking site Linked-In. These are just a few examples of the impressive achievements of Marshall Scholarship recipients. The Marshall Scholarship provides American students with the exciting […]
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30th August 2011
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Ukraine: hand grenades in the polygon
The wire is carefully concealed: stretched through the grass at ankle-height and attached at one end to a grenade. When a soldier’s boot connects with it there is a mighty explosion. Nearby, a military convoy is ambushed by enemy forces and a helicopter is called in to evacuate the wounded. Fortunately, this is a military […]
29th August 2011 Ottawa, Canada
New Speaker of the House of Commons
Last week I met the new Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, the Honourable Andrew Scheer. He’s the youngest Speaker in Canadian history, but as a former Deputy Speaker he brings experience to the job, and is set to acquire a great deal more. It was fascinating to talk about the Commons in both […]
28th August 2011
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لقد تكلم الليبيون
لم أستطع أن أبتعد عن مشاهدة التقارير الإخبارية القادمة من ليبيا و لا عن تويتر كما الكثير من الناس في الأردن وفي بلدان أخرى. و بالرغم من وجود جيوب للمقاومة فإن نهاية كابوس الشعب الليبي لم تعد بعيدة. فكلما كان القبض على القذافي مبكرا كلما كان أفضل. لقد شاهدنا و نحن مبهورين صناعة التاريخ في […]
25th August 2011 Toronto, Canada
Mapping government research centres
Today, we talk about an interesting release from science.gc.ca. Have you ever wondered whether that funny-looking building on your way into work is actually a government research laboratory? Well, now you can confirm it – the Canadian government has released a map showing the locations of all 230+ research facilities it administers. You can also […]
25th August 2011 Windhoek, Namibia
Taking care in Namibia
One of the more marvellous traits of human kind is how communities pull together to support each other during times of crisis. We have seen wonderful examples of this in the aftermath of the recent vandalism and arson attacks in London and elsewhere in the UK. Whole communities have mobilised themselves using the same social […]
25th August 2011
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Three years and still like that only
In the following guest blog, Collette Weston, Deputy Head – UK Trade and Investment (Western India), bids a fond farewell to her Mumbai team, Mumbai and India. I got caught in a traffic jam on my way home from work the other day. I am sure most of the other bloggers on the FCO platform […]